In brief
The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act ("Act") received royal assent on 15 December 2021.
The Act extends the scope of powers available to the Insolvency Service to address the issue of directors dissolving companies to avoid paying their liabilities.
The Grand Court in the Cayman Islands recently confirmed the appropriate insolvency test to be applied pursuant to section 224 of the Companies Act (2021 Revision) (“Companies Act”) in respect of a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company (“SPC”), in a judgment delivered in respect of Obelisk Global Fund SPC (“Fund”) and Obelisk Global Focus Fund (“SP1”).
1. Segregated portfolio companies
Another case shows the perils of waiting until the final minutes to meet a court deadline. In re U-Haul, 21-bk-20140, 2021 Bankr LEXIS 3373 (Bankr. S.D. W. Va. Dec. 10, 2021).
The debtor is a well-known truck rental company. Years before the debtor filed for bankruptcy, a class action lawsuit was filed against it. The suit alleged the debtor had improperly charged certain environmental fees and sought damages totaling $53 million.
Наприкінці 2019 року набув чинності Кодекс України з процедур банкрутства («Кодекс»), який встановив обов’язок керівника юридичної особи ініціювати перед засновниками (учасниками) питання щодо загрози неплатоспроможності підприємства, а за результатами розгляду (за необхідності) звернутися до господарського суду з заявою про відкриття провадження у справі про банкрутство протягом місяця з моменту виникнення загрози неплатоспроможності.
End of CIGA restrictions
On 1 October 2021 the temporary changes to corporate insolvency law, brought about by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) and which seriously curtailed creditors’ ability to present winding-up petitions between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2021, changed.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") issued a notification dated 15 November 2019 ("Notification") that give effect to provisions for conducting the insolvency resolution process against personal guarantors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBCode") w.e.f.
On 15 November 2021, the English Court released its reasoned judgment for the sanction of Amicus Finance Plc's (Amicus) restructuring plan.
Background
Amicus, a short term property lender, entered administration in 2018. The administrators proposed a restructuring plan to compromise creditors' claims, exit the administration and ultimately restore the company as a going concern. The company faced imminent liquidation if the plan was not approved. Secured creditor, Crowdstacker, an online peer-to-peer lending platform, opposed the plan.
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In a recent judgment on directors’ liability, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf) held that startup companies are not deemed to be overindebted if they are receiving adequate finance from their shareholders or third parties.
Background